by .end of story | May 30, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
A strange, but bold combination. Ok, it’s quite common that two bands do a co-headliner show on the same evening, but the two bands could not be further away from in terms of their music genres. The Royal Spuds are a folk punk band, while Heylel are a progressive rock...
by .end of story | May 9, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
First of all, my apologies! I’m a bit on the late side with this one, but this album was really worth to review! I interviewed Ed van Haagen in April (and you can listen to the interview here), and we discussed a lot about the new album. Slow Burn 1 is Fractal...
by .end of story | Mar 1, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
The debut EP from former Amplifier bassist and ‘riffmeister extraordinaire’ Neil Mahony (Mahoney)… And what a debut it is! Mister Mahony is accompanied by fantastic drummer Gavin Kenny on this EP, but all other instruments and vocals are done by Neil himself. He’s a...
by .end of story | Feb 9, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
Why a review about this album? Well, it’s because it’s one of my favourite albums of all time. Every time I put this album on I enjoy it in its entirety. We know Richard Barbieri as the keyboardist of the bands Japan and Porcupine Tree. Tim Bowness is known for his...
by .end of story | Jan 27, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
The Mute Gods started as a (semi) solo project by Nick Beggs (Steven Wilson, Steve Hackett, Lifesigns). He provides the lead vocals and plays several instruments like bass guitar, Chapman Stick, guitar and additional keyboards. Nick is accompanied by Roger King (Steve...
by .end of story | Jan 19, 2016 | Reviews by Iris
Bruce Soord is known as The Pineapple Thief’s frontman/guitarist/lead vocalist. He collaborated with different musicians over the past few years and also does production/mixing work for several artists and bands. This self-titled album is Bruce’s first solo album. He...